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Thursday, December 23, 2010
2010 in Review!
12-23-10: It's finally here! Only 3:43 long, check out Team Medina's 2010 in Review. Had to do some serious editing to get it down to this size. Sorry for all those other pixs/events that got left on the cutting room floor. Wanted to include it all...enjoy!
2010 Video Slideshow Coming Soon!
12-23-10: If you rec'd a Christmas card and are looking for the slideshow, it will be up very soon. Uploading it to Youtube as I type, so check back shortly!
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Pathfinder Ski Day!
2-21-10: Today was the Pathfinder outing to Snow Summit. While the weather was a bit uncontrollable, the kids had a great time, judging from all the noise and laughter.
Thx to Nanci, Florence, and Ellen, for watching our stuff in the lodge while we skied/snowboarded.
Check out the pixs below!
Thx to Nanci, Florence, and Ellen, for watching our stuff in the lodge while we skied/snowboarded.
Check out the pixs below!
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Sneak preview of Carmen Slide Show 2
12-12-09: This is a sneak preview of the slide show for Pastor Carmen's farewell party later tonight (Sat PM). Enjoy!
Sunday, December 06, 2009
Bike-a-thon
12-6-09: The Azure Hills Church sponsored it's annual Christmas is for kids bike-a-thon to benefit kids of the families served by our food bank. Funds raised would go towards gifts for these kids.
Jerry and Beth Bernatos, directors of the food bank, helped to coordinate the event, while Jan Michaelis and Tom Haglund organized and led out in the bike ride itself. There were 3 groups: 50-mile, 25-mile, and a 10-mile Family group (led by yours truly ;-).
It was cold and overcast, but it wasn't raining and the sun did peek out a bit. We rode on the bike path that runs from the mountains all the way to Huntington Beach, so we didn't have to deal with traffic--nice!!!
Check out the pictures and see how fun the ride was!
For more captions in Facebook, click HERE!
Jerry and Beth Bernatos, directors of the food bank, helped to coordinate the event, while Jan Michaelis and Tom Haglund organized and led out in the bike ride itself. There were 3 groups: 50-mile, 25-mile, and a 10-mile Family group (led by yours truly ;-).
It was cold and overcast, but it wasn't raining and the sun did peek out a bit. We rode on the bike path that runs from the mountains all the way to Huntington Beach, so we didn't have to deal with traffic--nice!!!
Check out the pictures and see how fun the ride was!
For more captions in Facebook, click HERE!
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Davy's first off-road hike!
11-21-09: This afternoon, the Azure Hills Church's Pathfinder's club did a 5-mile hike in the hills of Loma Linda. This was also Davy's first time to go walking on the dirt roads. He seemed to enjoy it more since there were no big scary cars out there, and ended up walking most of the 5 miles.
It was a gorgeous day for a hike, in the low 60's, clear skies, and great company. There were other dogs out there as well besides Davy and Roxy, so they weren't alone.
Here are some pixs from our hike. Enjoy!
It was a gorgeous day for a hike, in the low 60's, clear skies, and great company. There were other dogs out there as well besides Davy and Roxy, so they weren't alone.
Here are some pixs from our hike. Enjoy!
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Flash to the past!
11-10-09: After 34 years, I returned to the days of my youth, the youth that was pre-MI. Where Kim and I spend most of our early years, and Chris was just a baby.
Looking up the street from the house.
A picture of me just to show that I was really here! LOL!
On my way back, I saw this man working in his garage. I stopped to ask him if he knew who lived there, and we got to talking. His name is Frank Crocco, a former cement contractor, and he's lived here since 1958--52 years! He moved in when they were first built! I told him that we used to live here 34 years ago and he then remembered my parents and me! Pretty wild. We talked for awhile, told him what happened to us after we moved, and he told me who was still in the neighborhood and who had left. He remembered Patrick and his brothers across the street. Pretty neat!
After saying good bye to Mr. Crucco, I started back up the street and saw this man, Mr. Frank Esposito, coming out of his house with his dog. I stopped to pet the dog, and we got to talking. I told him what I was just visiting and that I used to live at 8222 and before I told him who I was, he said, "You're Ernie!" My mouth dropped open, I couldn't believe that he remembered my name! He couldn't figure out how he remembered my name, he just did. After we chatted for a bit, we parted ways and I started on my long walk back to the train station (though it seemed quicker this time since I knew where I was going now). What a blast to the past!
8222 Colfax St., in a suburb of Philadelphia. Being here for a conference in downtown Philly, I took some time to go visit our former home. After finding the directions from my hotel on Google maps, it showed me how I could get there by public transit (wanted to get more "virtual space miles" for our trip to the moon!).
So after a 20 min. train ride, I got off the at the Holmesburg Station and looked for a taxi. Nada! Fortunately, I had written the directions down for this part of the trip so I could see if the taxi driver was going the right way. Now I used it to start walking, though I wasn't exactly sure how far it was! Well it turned out to be almost 3 miles there, and after asking for directions a couple of times (to make sure I was heading in the right direction for the next street), I arrived! None of it looked familiar till I actually got to Colfax St.
Below are some pictures of this little journey back in time. And check out the little surprise I ran into!
On my walk there, I saw Kim opened up a food market very close to our former home! Why hasn't she told us this yet? A little secret side income stream that Cor doesn't know about???
After 3 miles of walking, wondering when I'd get there, I finally saw the Colfax sign! This is the very corner that Kim and I would wait for our school bus to GPJA where we went to school for our first 5 grades.
Looking down the hill from the corner is where our former house is.
Walking down the sidewalk, getting close to the spot where I got beat up by Patrick. ;-)
There it is! It actually looks nicer than I remember it. Must've been fixed up.
After 3 miles of walking, wondering when I'd get there, I finally saw the Colfax sign! This is the very corner that Kim and I would wait for our school bus to GPJA where we went to school for our first 5 grades.
Looking down the hill from the corner is where our former house is.
Walking down the sidewalk, getting close to the spot where I got beat up by Patrick. ;-)
There it is! It actually looks nicer than I remember it. Must've been fixed up.
Looking up the street from the house.
A picture of me just to show that I was really here! LOL!
On my way back, I saw this man working in his garage. I stopped to ask him if he knew who lived there, and we got to talking. His name is Frank Crocco, a former cement contractor, and he's lived here since 1958--52 years! He moved in when they were first built! I told him that we used to live here 34 years ago and he then remembered my parents and me! Pretty wild. We talked for awhile, told him what happened to us after we moved, and he told me who was still in the neighborhood and who had left. He remembered Patrick and his brothers across the street. Pretty neat!
After saying good bye to Mr. Crucco, I started back up the street and saw this man, Mr. Frank Esposito, coming out of his house with his dog. I stopped to pet the dog, and we got to talking. I told him what I was just visiting and that I used to live at 8222 and before I told him who I was, he said, "You're Ernie!" My mouth dropped open, I couldn't believe that he remembered my name! He couldn't figure out how he remembered my name, he just did. After we chatted for a bit, we parted ways and I started on my long walk back to the train station (though it seemed quicker this time since I knew where I was going now). What a blast to the past!
Monday, September 07, 2009
More Davy Firsts!
9-6-09: Have been updating our FB account more often, but here's a little something! Davy had more firsts...espcially his first walk outside in public! Check it out at this FB photo page.
Sunday, July 05, 2009
Dog play
7-5-09: You'd think that after a hard run with a mountain biker in the hills, they'd be tired! But no, here they are! They definitely are 1 year olds, full of energy!
Nabi, the retriever, belongs to the Choi family, and we're dog sitting for them.
Nabi, the retriever, belongs to the Choi family, and we're dog sitting for them.
Saturday, July 04, 2009
Piano recital, then mtn. bike ride
7-4-09: A day after turning 12, Summer tries something she has never done before: riding in the dirt!
After playing in a piano recital, the sun was setting and Keri wanted to give the dogs their evening run, so I decided to run with them and Summer to ride her mtn. bike for the first time in the hills where we ride and hike.
It was actually already sunset when we started, so we knew we were pressed for time. By the time we got to the top, it was getting dark (as you'll see in the video), and Summer was scared of the downhill, the speed, and the sand, so she ran down while Keri rode a little of the first part, but then it was too dark for her, too, so I got to ride down--yeah!! That was much better than running down with a dog pulling you to go faster. Roxy and I waited for them at points down the hill, back to the park.
Nice first outing--she did really strong on the flats and uphills, with little help from me and only getting off to hike-a-bike twice!
You can send her a comment to: summeralyssa@gmail.com ;-)
BTW, here's her piano piece she played just prior to this mtn. bike ride (great idea...the little kids played first while we sang, then we went thru line for the potluck food--filipino food!, and then we got to eat while the older kids played their pieces. So it went by really fast!)
After playing in a piano recital, the sun was setting and Keri wanted to give the dogs their evening run, so I decided to run with them and Summer to ride her mtn. bike for the first time in the hills where we ride and hike.
It was actually already sunset when we started, so we knew we were pressed for time. By the time we got to the top, it was getting dark (as you'll see in the video), and Summer was scared of the downhill, the speed, and the sand, so she ran down while Keri rode a little of the first part, but then it was too dark for her, too, so I got to ride down--yeah!! That was much better than running down with a dog pulling you to go faster. Roxy and I waited for them at points down the hill, back to the park.
Nice first outing--she did really strong on the flats and uphills, with little help from me and only getting off to hike-a-bike twice!
You can send her a comment to: summeralyssa@gmail.com ;-)
BTW, here's her piano piece she played just prior to this mtn. bike ride (great idea...the little kids played first while we sang, then we went thru line for the potluck food--filipino food!, and then we got to eat while the older kids played their pieces. So it went by really fast!)
Saturday, June 13, 2009
First video of downhill run with Roxy!
6-13-09: First video of Roxy running downhill with her friend, Nabi, and owner Pastor John.
Monday, May 25, 2009
MaMiMe 2009 is completed!
5-25-09: We just finished up another MaMiMe event and it went over very well! Check out the pixs as we honored our moms and kids a bit late. ;-)
BTW, some in our party did NOT want any video of our performance posted....so I'm honoring their wishes. If you REALLY wanted to see the performances, e-mail me directly and we can figure something out. ;-)
Thanks to the Makowskis for opening up their house for the annual 1-day event for the moms.
Enjoy!
BTW, some in our party did NOT want any video of our performance posted....so I'm honoring their wishes. If you REALLY wanted to see the performances, e-mail me directly and we can figure something out. ;-)
Thanks to the Makowskis for opening up their house for the annual 1-day event for the moms.
Enjoy!
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Calvary09: Behind the scenes
5-9-09: Last night, we had our Calvary cast party and showed the following video clip, as well as the DVD for performance #3 (Sabbath, 2nd service). If you weren't able to make it, enjoy!
For this "Behind the scenes" video, I would like to thank Pastor Carmon for videoing Jesus and his disciples outside, and for Natalie and Jenny for doing all the "interviews" at the end of the video. Great job, girls!
For this "Behind the scenes" video, I would like to thank Pastor Carmon for videoing Jesus and his disciples outside, and for Natalie and Jenny for doing all the "interviews" at the end of the video. Great job, girls!
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Foxy Roxy's 1st visitors
3-25-09 Foxy Roxy had her first visitors, the Choi family! Soon, we'll have to introduce her to their other family member, Nobi. ;-)
Nathaniel says, "Hey Roxy, wanna meet my doggie, Nobi?"
Roxy seemed pretty calm around all the kids.
Nathaniel says, "Hey Roxy, wanna meet my doggie, Nobi?"
Roxy seemed pretty calm around all the kids.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
She's home!
3-24-09 We welcomed our newest addition today after I picked her up at the vet, where she was spayed this AM. Check out the pixs as she checks out her new home and neighborhood. BTW, the vet techs thought she was part shephard part lab, not chow. Her tongue is definitely pink! LOL!
We're still deciding on a name, but "Foxy Roxy" is the leader right now...we're seeing how it fits her. She does look like a fox in the sun!
Nice to have a dog back in the house...just didn't seem the right.
We're still deciding on a name, but "Foxy Roxy" is the leader right now...we're seeing how it fits her. She does look like a fox in the sun!
Nice to have a dog back in the house...just didn't seem the right.
New dog!
3-24-09: Last Sun., we visited and shelter and found this 1 year old half chow half lab female dog there and fell in love with her. She passed all of the Dog Whisperer's tests for a shelter dog, so we adopted her!
Picking her up today at 4 PM from the vet where she's getting some of her shots, fixed, and chipped, so stay tune for more pixs and vid clips! No name yet...holding off till we have her a few days to see what fits.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
3-21-09 Evening piano recital
Summer and her cousins, Jake and Josh, had a piano recital after the hike, so they quickly cleaned up and changed. After playing, they also received their awards, including their trophies for playing in the Inland Empire Piano Festival and getting honors in CM.
Summer also was one of 8 of Helen's students who earned Convention honors as well. Helen said that 5% of the 250,000 piano students in CA who do CM earn Convention honors, so that was a nice honor. (We can't go to play in Convention since it's up in Northern CA.)
They all did a great job tonight!
Summer also was one of 8 of Helen's students who earned Convention honors as well. Helen said that 5% of the 250,000 piano students in CA who do CM earn Convention honors, so that was a nice honor. (We can't go to play in Convention since it's up in Northern CA.)
They all did a great job tonight!
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